Hi,
If I recall correctly, that model number means you have one of our (Aironet)
early bridges with what we called an 025 radio.
These radios are pre-802.11, and are not supported by our current firmware.
There is a chance that it would accept the firmware our current (802.11)
Non VxWorks APs/Bridges take, but that firmware doesn't have support
for the older radios, and wouldn't recognize them.
I'm told that you should only put in version 5.xx firmware in those
models, that the 6.xx and beyond were for the 802.11 radios only.
So - you should be able to downgrade your firmware back to where
it was and have the bridge be operational again.
Supposedly we are supposed to be making firmware for out legacy products
available on CCO somewhere, I'll ask around and see if that has
happened yet.
If you have another bridge that is still functioning, you could always
ftp into it - and GET it's firmware image, and ftp that into the other
malfunctioning bridge.
Jim
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 11:13:30AM -0400, Brian Fisk wrote:
> Does anyone have firmware to update an Aironet BR2000-E bridge? I am
> getting an eeprom error with the software saying it can't figure out what
> type of radio it is.
>
> Brian Fisk
> Network/Systems Administration
> Strategic Management Group
> http://www.smginc.com
> brian.fisk@...
> 814.235.7246 ext 154
> fax 814.235.7268
>
>
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Brendan Burns wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Javier Achirica wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > To get the AP MAC address you can use "iwgetid -a" or the AP address you
> > get from "iwconfig". The "iwlist ap" command shows the list of configured APs
> > to which the card should associate, not the one to which it has automatically
> > associated.
> I can't see the iwgetid command. Where can I find it?
In the latest version of the wireless tools that you can get from Jean's
site.
> Also how do I add an AP to the list of configured APs? Do you do the
> iwspy + ?
Using the APList file in the /proc interface.
> > The "iwspy" will only return the signal rate from the current AP or from
> > other cards associated to the same AP.
>
> So using "iwspy eth0 + AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF"; ping ip-address; iwspy
> won't work?
No, it will work for the current AP only.
> > There's a functionality in the Aironet cards "RF Monitor" that looks like
> > it can receive signal from different APs at the same time, but it's not
> > documented so I don't know how to use it, but looks like it could do what
> > you want. Anyway, while the card is in that mode it won't be able to
> > transmit.
>
> Where is this function? is it in airo.c? Thanks
It is not supported in the wireless extensions. You can find its reference
in airo.c looking for "RXMODE_RFMON". To activate the feature you may use
the Cisco extensions to access the Config RID.
Javier Achirica

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Javier Achirica wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> To get the AP MAC address you can use "iwgetid -a" or the AP address you
> get from "iwconfig". The "iwlist ap" command shows the list of configured APs
> to which the card should associate, not the one to which it has automatically
> associated.
I can't see the iwgetid command. Where can I find it?
Also how do I add an AP to the list of configured APs? Do you do the
iwspy + ?
> The "iwspy" will only return the signal rate from the current AP or from
> other cards associated to the same AP.
So using "iwspy eth0 + AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF"; ping ip-address; iwspy
won't work?
> There's a functionality in the Aironet cards "RF Monitor" that looks like
> it can receive signal from different APs at the same time, but it's not
> documented so I don't know how to use it, but looks like it could do what
> you want. Anyway, while the card is in that mode it won't be able to
> transmit.
Where is this function? is it in airo.c? Thanks
Brendan

Does anyone have firmware to update an Aironet BR2000-E bridge? I am
getting an eeprom error with the software saying it can't figure out what
type of radio it is.
Brian Fisk
Network/Systems Administration
Strategic Management Group
http://www.smginc.com
brian.fisk@...
814.235.7246 ext 154
fax 814.235.7268

Has anyone had any luck using LEAP and RADIUS Authentication to
distribute dynamic WEP keys? I am considering this as a solution for
employees and I want to be sure that authentication takes place and that
employees passwords are not easily sniffable from the air.

Hello,
To get the AP MAC address you can use "iwgetid -a" or the AP address you
get from "iwconfig". The "iwlist ap" command shows the list of configured APs
to which the card should associate, not the one to which it has automatically
associated.
The "iwspy" will only return the signal rate from the current AP or from
other cards associated to the same AP.
There's a functionality in the Aironet cards "RF Monitor" that looks like
it can receive signal from different APs at the same time, but it's not
documented so I don't know how to use it, but looks like it could do what
you want. Anyway, while the card is in that mode it won't be able to
transmit.
Javier Achirica
>Folks,
>I'm doing some work tring to triangulate a user's position based upon the
>signal strengths of various base stations. In order to do this I need to
>obtain at a particular instance a vector of signal strengths to the
>access points. It appears that the airo driver supports this but when I
>use: "iwspy eth0 ap" It says that there are no access points in range,
>however I am connected to the network and can sucessfully transmit and
>receive. What do I need to do to make this work. Any suggestions?
>
>The other thing I tried was
>iwspy eth0 + AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF; ping 111.222.333.444; iwspy
>
>should that work? With the WaveLAN driver it appeared to only return the
>signal strength of the currently active access point.
>
>Releveant info:
>I'm using a cisco 340 running in managed mode.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Brendan

I apologise for this email being slightly off topic, however, I am trying to
locate some Aironet BR2000's. If anyone has one or two laying around no
linger needed I would be very much interested in obtaining them.
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